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Poetry, friends, can be a boon companion, can lead us beside the still waters, can wrap us in its colors to keep us warm. Lately it has fallen out of use, especially modern poetry. In the wake of "The Waste Land," many young folk suppose that all modern verse will be a dead tree yielding no shelter; they assume, perhaps by association, it will be, not only esoteric, but also the voice of old age (or premature...
...pressures of mankind: groves of gracefully pirouetting pines, solemn stands of cedar, miniaturized terraces redolent of tangerines and tea. A bone-rattling bus ride from Nagoya can put a harried city dweller aboard a boat on the Gifu River, where-with a giant bottle of sake and the boon companionship of a river geisha-he can watch the cormorant fisherman sweep downstream...
Almost certainly, it was the speed with which such programs have been expanding that persuaded the Roman Catholic bishops of the U.S. to protest last month against "coercive" federal programs (TIME, Dec. 2). Other critics complain that free federal contraceptive aid would be the biggest boon to promiscuity since the back seat of the automobile. Some black nationalists charge that birth-control programs, because they affect large numbers of Negro welfare recipients, are a plot to exterminate the black race...
More Independent. Many details remained to be worked out after approval of the coalition by both parties, not least the naming of Cabinet ministers. If the coalition functions smoothly, it will probably prove to be a boon for West Germany at this stage in its history. It will at least show the world that West Germany is united behind a strong rather than a weak government. And it may also enable the West Germans to present a single, serious face to both East and West as the country makes its way as a more independent force in a more united...
...sure, Rhodesia has been unable to sell the bulk of its tobacco crop -the nation's biggest cash earner-because of the sanctions. Nevertheless, most farmers have got rid of enough to cover their production costs. In any case, the loss may be a boon, since it is forcing Rhodesians to diversify their crops. Whatever their impact, sanctions have served only to make the whites more adamant...